Ezekiel 20:4:6Ezek.20.4.W6TAB
אֲבוֹתָ֖ם
avotam
“their fathers”
- Transliteration
- a-vo-TAM
- Extended
- ah-voh-TAAM
- IPA
- /ʔăvoːˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- their fathers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-vo-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
et-to-a-VOt a-vo-TAM
- clause
et-to-a-VOt a-vo-TAM ho-di-EM
- sentence
ha-tish-POT o-TAM ha-tish-pe-TOT ben-a-DAM et-to-a-VOt a-vo-TAM ho-di-EM
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֵת | ʾēṯ} precedes the noun phrase toavot {תּוֹעֲבוֹת | tō-ʿa-ḇōṯ} ‘abominations’ in construct with avotam {אֲבוֹתָם | ʾă-ḇō-ṯām} ‘their fathers’, linking current guilt to ancestral sin.
Root and etymology
ʾ-baleph–bet
“father”
In context — Ezekiel 20:4
Will you judge them, son of man? Will you judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers; make them aware.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 20:4, so the Hebrew word אֲבוֹתָ֖ם (avotam) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Ezek.20.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.4.W6.S1) and character.